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1953·Crime·1h 29m
7.0
★
Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.
Directed by Fritz Lang
film noir
clinch and kill
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Cast

Anne Baxter
Anne Baxter
Norah Larkin
Richard Conte
Richard Conte
Casey Mayo
Ann Sothern
Ann Sothern
Crystal Carpenter
Raymond Burr
Raymond Burr
Harry Prebble
Jeff Donnell
Jeff Donnell
Sally Ellis
Richard Erdman
Richard Erdman
Al
George Reeves
George Reeves
Sam Haynes
Ray Walker
Ray Walker
Homer
Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole
Fay Baker
Fay Baker
Switchboard Monitor (uncredited)
Robert Bice
Robert Bice
Policeman (uncredited)
Larry J. Blake
Larry J. Blake
Music Shop Clerk (uncredited)

Crew

Fritz Lang
Fritz Lang
Director
Nicholas Musuraca
Nicholas Musuraca
Director of Photography
Nelson Riddle
Nelson Riddle
Music Arranger

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30 reviews
Luz
Luz
7.0★ · 05/19/26
The Blue Gardenia
"If a girl killed every man who got fresh with her, how much of the male population you think there'd be left?"

I would have rather seen Crystal and Mayo fight to get Norah out of jail instead of that awful stupid plot twist
Crystal and Norah's friendship was the highlight of the movie and the reason I ended up loving it
"If a girl killed every man who got fresh with her, how much of the male population you think there'd be left?"

I would have rather seen Crystal and Mayo fight to get Norah out of jail instead of that awful stupid plot twist
Crystal and Norah's friendship was the highlight of the movie and the reason I ended up loving it
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reb
reb
7.0★ · 05/01/26
The Blue Gardenia
nice movie and nice music.
nice movie and nice music.
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Lobster 49
Lobster 49
6.0★ · 12/07/25
The Blue Gardenia
Classic Hayes code ending
Classic Hayes code ending
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Kamil
Kamil
7.0★ · 12/05/25
The Blue Gardenia
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Erik Olsson
Erik Olsson
8.0★ · 12/03/25
The Blue Gardenia
Really enjoyed this one! A thriller where the protagonist is unsure if they committed a crime, I'm in! Really good Anne Baxter performance as well. I'm sure the resolution may off-put some people, but I appreciated it, possibly because it used the Liebstod from Tristan und Isolde and I'm a sucker for that piece. Also the only one of these Lang films to not have an HD version available, which is unfortunate.
Really enjoyed this one! A thriller where the protagonist is unsure if they committed a crime, I'm in! Really good Anne Baxter performance as well. I'm sure the resolution may off-put some people, but I appreciated it, possibly because it used the Liebstod from Tristan und Isolde and I'm a sucker for that piece. Also the only one of these Lang films to not have an HD version available, which is unfortunate.
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